Public Affairs Commons^™

Trends And Factors Affecting Housing Panel Discussion, David J. Drozd, Randy Cantrell, Willie Barney

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

The housing market has come back with a vengeance in metro parts of Nebraska. Demographics play an important part in the reason why. This session will discuss the consumer lifecycle and how renting and rental unit construction boomed since the economic downturn as the large segment of millennials were at ages where people are most apt to rent. Now millennials are pushing into ages where marriage and children lead to home ownership, which will support the housing market as demand increases. Our panelists will discuss these and other factors that impact housing in both urban and rural parts of the …

Acs Select Population Profiles And Analyzing Data By Race, Lissette Aliaga Linares Dr.

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

In 2011 the Census Bureau released a special set of tabulations that showed common statistics by race and ethnicity, ancestry, and country of birth for the 2006-2010 timeframe. This special product provided more detail than was available otherwise. For example, standard tables often only list a category for “Subsaharan African” but these tables listed figures specifically for those from the country of Somalia or listing a Sudanese ancestry. The Census Bureau plans to release updated tabulations for the 2011-2015 timeframe over the summer. Learn about how to access and utilize these powerful tables that provide information you won’t find elsewhere. …

Local Employment Dynamics Computer Training, Earlene Dowell

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

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Demographics 101 And Applied Demography, Cliff Holley

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

While the Census Bureau provides a wealth of demographic data, do we always know what it means or how to best utilize it? This session will emphasize basic and focused areas of analysis on items like aging, disparities by race and ethnicity, how homeownership impacts neighborhood characteristics, and how household formation and relationships are changing. Come to this session to gain the tools you need to analyze simple and complex demographic changes that are effecting the work you do or the populations you serve.

2020 Census Partnerships, Blanca Ramirez-Salazar

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

The 2020 Census is a major effort that requires all households to participate. However, some are hesitant or unwilling to return their form or fill it out online. Partnerships and trusted voices are needed to ease any fears and motivate people to respond, especially for “hard to count” groups such as new immigants, refugees, those with low incomes, and those with language difficulties. Discuss ways we can work together, leverage local resources, and create a positive buzz about the census that will rightfully count every local resident. Facilitated by Blanca Ramirez-Salazar, Denver Regional Census Office.

Local Employment Dynamics And Job-To-Job Explorer, Earlene Dowell

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

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Census Product And 2020 Census Update, Dominic Beamer, Blanca Ramirez-Salazar, Jim Castagneri, David Schuler

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

All attend this session.

Census Overview: Basics, Acs, And Estimates, Jerry Deichert

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

Unfamiliar with Census data or first time attending the conference? No problem – start your day with this session designed for beginners or as a refresher to bring you up to speed. We will cover census concepts such as race versus ethnicity, geographic types, when to use data from each major census program, data accuracy versus timeliness tradeoffs, various data products designed to meet specific needs, and how population estimates are valuable now that we’re moving further away from the 2010 Census year.

Social Determinants Of Health And Health Data Panel, Carol Gilbert, Athena Ramos, Tom Rauner, David J. Drozd

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

A newer and expanding area of research is how socio-economic characteristics like income and education levels influence health outcomes. It has been said that your zip code is more important to your well-being than your genetic code. Local and national studies have shown correlations between higher poverty leading to lower life expectancy. Hear a panel of experts describe the health data of interest and how Census data tie into this important field of study.

A “Not-So Radical” Urban Political-Economic Narrative: Transforming Failed Liberal And Conservative Approaches To Poverty And Related Social Problems: A Thematic Poverty, Class And Inequality Working Paper, R. K. Piper, Minshuai Ding

Past Publications

This paper re-examines and updates a theoretical urban political-economic perspective, presented 40 years ago by David M. Gordon1 and other scholars in his “Problems in Political Economy: An Urban Perspective (1977).” This theoretical understanding and narrative (termed “radical” at the time), maintains that both conservative and liberal approaches to poverty and related social problems, have failed and will ultimately continue to fail for a singular, underlying reason. That is, they share the view that the primary purpose and role of the State and government, is to support the continuing development, operation and successful economic-outcomes of the owners and investors in …

2017 Fall Convocation Program, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Communications and Marketing Publications Archive

Fall convocation program held on August 9, 2017.

Policy Entrepreneurs, Narratives, And Policy Change, Victoria Cartwright

Public Affairs Dissertations - Archive

The goal of this dissertation is to uncover how policy entrepreneurs use narratives to influence policy change. Prior studies have attributed scientific evidence to policy change and neglected narratives as an attributing factor. Primarily, narratives have been considered value-laden and unsystematic. However, this study hopes to enrich the policy change literature by using the Narrative Policy Framework to examine systematically how powerful actors use beneficial and failure narratives to influence policy change. This study will demonstrate that policy change does not solely occur due to exogenous events and can be ascribed to the story lines created by powerful actors to …

A Program Evaluation Of The State Of Nevada's Certified Public Manager Program, Carolyn Faircloth, Pat La Putt, Diana Ritter, Shawntay Tyler

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The State of Nevada Certified Public Manager (NVCPM) Program is a nationally accredited leadership development program that has been designed to prepare managers and supervisors in the public sector. A program evaluation of the NVCPM Program was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the services delivered to program participants in terms of development of leadership skills and career advancement. In addition, this evaluation examined the value that the NVCPM provides to the agencies that the participant worked for related to the implementation of the participant’s Capstone Project. This evaluation also sought to compare the NVCPM Program with other accredited programs …

Program Evaluation For The Nevada School Of The Arts, Cherie Garrity, Lisa Levine, Angela Phillips, Izack Tenorio

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

A program analysis and evaluation of the Nevada School of the Arts (NSA), a forty-year-old non-profit organization that provides musical education and advocates for the arts in Southern Nevada, was conducted. This paper serves as the completed report for the Nevada School of the Arts program evaluation and provides thorough analysis, findings from the graduate students’ research, observations, and recommendations for the organization to voluntarily accept.

[Community Oriented Policing (Cop) Evaluation], Kaci Kerfeld, Taylor Glaser, James Koloskie

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

An in-depth review of the use of force policies and practices used by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) was conducted after the alarming rate of officer involved shootings was publicized by the Las Vegas Review Journal (RJ) in 2011. The 75 recommendations handed down to LVMPD after the review not only helped guide the agency towards procedural and reporting changes, but also paved a way for the agency to begin rebuilding trust in police within the community. This program evaluation focuses on the community engagement efforts put forth by the Bolden Area Command (BAC) community oriented policing (COP) …

Policy Analysys And Program Evaluation: Real Talk Youth Impact Program, Carlton Monroe, Liam Maccaul, Natalie Lorenzano, Vincentiu Anghel

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The purpose of this study was to evaluate Real Talk’s effectiveness on having a positive impact with at-risk youth here in Southern Nevada. Using data collected by Real Talk, the goal was to find new strategies for the program to further expand its outreach based on the impact they have made on the students that have successfully completed the program.

World Changers: Inspiring Cultural And Linguistic Excellence In Children, Parents And Teachers, Ana I. Berdecia Med, Caitlin Kosec Mpp, The John S. Watson Institute For Public Policy For Thomas Edison State College

Center for the Positive Development of Urban Children

The New Jersey Cultural Competency and English Language Learners Summer Institute and Mentoring Program hosted its 10th Anniversary, Three-Day Learning Institute, Aug. 23-25, 2016, with the theme, World Changers: Inspiring Cultural and Linguistic Excellence for Children, Parents and Teachers. After the Three- Day Learning Institute, classroom teachers were assigned a mentor who provided monthly supports to the classroom teachers in the adoption English language learners and cultural competency strategies with the goal of creating culturally and linguistic responsive classrooms. Twenty-three teachers from Trenton Public Schools were recruited and received 21 hours of training in best practices for engaging diverse …

Editorial, Jason Franklin

The Foundation Review

No abstract provided.

2017 August, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for August of 2017.

Cpaf Updates Vol. 18 No. 4, Chrislyn Joanna P. Faulmino, Francisca O. Tan, Nico Jayson C. Anastacio, Hadji C. Jalotjot, Evelie P. Serrano, Samantha Geraldine G. Delos Santos

CPAf Updates

In this issue:

• BAWP celebrates milestones, in farmers; summit, 1
• CISC starts new JICA-funded project in Northern Samar, 3
• CSPPS holds policy seminar on land use planning for disaster resiliency, 4
• CSPPS organizes seminar on qualitative tools for policy research, 5
• IGRD holds OBE writeshop, commits to curriculum improvement, 6
• CISC to start BDS Phase 2 in Laguna, 8